The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-03-17

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Cannon Ball railroad project likely ;,
fail for lack Of the Wherewithal.
Akron Union Labor party has put {
ticket In the field for spring election.
Wellsville mill owners will not emplO!
members Of workingmen's association
The Mayor Of Wooster sensibly kick
against Che Thompson-Daly sparrinI
match.
Captain HOehn, Of Cleveland, is look
ing for the Hulligan murderers at Wash
ingtOn, d. @.
The first court house In Monroe c0uR
ty cost $137 and the last $4,000. Laws
how shiftless!
A Toledo man has 1900 trade dollars
that he picked up at rs cents apiece
They are now worth 81 each.
Burglars robbed Sprain g Schllng
mans meat market at Akron Of $12(
clean cash on Wednesday night.
The report Of the State Superlntsnd-
ent shows that there are 20,683 schools
In the State at present, an increase OF
426 over last year.
John Troy, of Athens county, and
M0ury Mercer, Of Ross country, have
been returned to the penitentiary for VI
Olating their parole.
Hopedale Normal College has two
literary societies called the "Pericle'
sian" and "DidaskRlon,' and yet the In.
stitutlOn Is not paralyzed.
New Philadelphia new postmaster,
his name 1t Is Edward P. DeGriefl Sew
erRl other good men are overwhelmed by
De Grief Of their disappointment.
The Pittsburg, PainesVille 6 FalrpOrt
Railroad Company, which purchased the
oil P, g Y. narrOw-guage, has decided
to build an extension Of the road to
Cleveland.
Columbus was laid out In 1912. The
first capitol building was built Of brick,
and occupied from 1917 to 1852, when 1t
was burned down. The present State
House was completed In 1857.
DR.. France, Of Columbus, has sued two
local physicians for $4,000 damages,
claiming they injured HE reputation by
saying that the passage of Sinnett's bill
would shut him out Of practice.
It is said that In New Lisbon COnsum-
ers pay for from five to seven bushels Of
coal to every wagon load more than
they consume. Dealers play the thick
stsVe racket In their wagon bed bot
toms. ...
Levi Miller, who resided few miles
from MOnToeVille, TuscaraWas county,
attempted to jump from moving train
at that place on Saturday, but was hurl-
cd under the wheels and instantly
Killed.
Cleveland Press: Reputable citizens
Of Elyra have made affidavit that they
saw the female contingent Of the Saliva
tiOn army holding wrestling match
with male members. In the eyes of
Elyria that settles the case of the 8. a.
Rev. ]. M. Monroe, formerly of Bel
laire, took charge of a congregation In
Wichita, Ksn., this winter, which was
unable to pay him In cash, but offered
to give him some town lots to recon-
pense him for the years work. He ae-
cepted the lots, which realized him
about $4,000.
Coroner says that Henry Baldwin,
whose beheRded and horribly mRngled
remains were found on the G. q @. Mid
land railroad track, near Washington G.
a., came to his death by accident. The
deceased was walking the track In q
state Of intoxlcation, when struck by
the flying train.
A young Toledo woman wants to be
divorced from her hubby on the gr0Nnd
that being somnambulist, she mar
ried him In her sleep. There are, per-
hsDs, something's that woman may
do In her sleep, but getting married is
the one thing above all others, most
likely to wake her up. Her ground for
divorce isn't tenable.
Cleveland Press: Elyria's experiencing
Just the same trouble with the Salvation
Army that every other inflicted town
has been compelled to undergo. The
ho0dlums will persist In following the
sh0uters about the streets, provoking
vile language, and at times riots on q
small scale. The great trouble with the
hallelujah ground and lofty tumblers Is
the fact that they don't know when
they've got enough.
A labOrer fell a large tree In Crane
township, Psqlding county, one day last
week for saw logs. After the tree had
felled he discovered that the stump was
hollow and while gazing into the cavity
he noticed peculiar looking copper
kettle which he Immediately hauled out
and on opening found 1t to contain
nearly three thousand dollars In silver
specie of foreign mint. How long the
treasure has lain In the stump will
probably never be known
A few evenings since. three men
stopped In front Of George Beck's jewell
ry store, at UriChsville, One of the men
stepped up to the door and slipped a
stout stick through the handle, while
the other two smashed In the heavy
plate glass window, which Is three
eighths Of an inch thick, and grabbed
II gold and silver watches, the whole
valued at about 800, and made their es.
cape. The proprietor, who was In the
store when the glass crashed, attempted
to run out In the street to intercept the
robbers, but found the door fastened
The street was full Of people at the time.
Several witnessed the job, but were too
much sstonished at the audsclty of the
thieves to make an attempt at their
capture until too late.